Peter Alilunas is an Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon. His primary research area is the history of the adult film industry, along with the ways technology, regulation, and desire have intersected culturally and legally. He is the author of "Smutty Little Movies: The Creation and Regulation of Adult Video" (University of California Press, 2016) and is currently working on a book about the pre-history of online pornography.
